Collection goals and strategies – do you have them?

David · 21st September 2010, 04:14 AM

Sorry, i guess i just don't jive with the mountain climbing analogy. It's a bit too competitive and conquering for my take on keris collection.
That said i do believe i do have some vague goals. For instance there are certain types of keris i would most definitely like to see make their way into my collection eventually. I would like a good tajong example one day and a nice keris panjang. There are a few other special dhapurs and pamors that interest me that i would like to obtain. While i would like to have a well rounded collection, i am neither rushing nor pushing for it. A keris either calls to me or it doesn't, and sometimes the ones that call are quite unexpected.

My biggest goal however is to hopefully come to a greater understanding of the cultural and spiritual connection of the keris to time (era), place (both seen and unseen) and the individual and societial mind. Hands on examples seem to help this study.

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21st September 2010, 04:14 AM	#5
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,228	Sorry, i guess i just don't jive with the mountain climbing analogy. It's a bit too competitive and conquering for my take on keris collection. That said i do believe i do have some vague goals. For instance there are certain types of keris i would most definitely like to see make their way into my collection eventually. I would like a good tajong example one day and a nice keris panjang. There are a few other special dhapurs and pamors that interest me that i would like to obtain. While i would like to have a well rounded collection, i am neither rushing nor pushing for it. A keris either calls to me or it doesn't, and sometimes the ones that call are quite unexpected. My biggest goal however is to hopefully come to a greater understanding of the cultural and spiritual connection of the keris to time (era), place (both seen and unseen) and the individual and societial mind. Hands on examples seem to help this study.